Wade Belak

Position: RW ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 222 lbs.
Born: July 3, 1976 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Died: August 31, 2011
Draft: Quebec, 1st round (12th overall), 1994 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1996-97	20	COL	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	-1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1997-98	21	COL	NHL	8	1	1	2	1	-3	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	50.0
1998-99	22	TOT	NHL	31	0	1	1	0	1	94	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.0	247	7:57
1998-99	22	COL	NHL	22	0	0	0	0	-2	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	150	6:48
1998-99	22	CGY	NHL	9	0	1	1	0	3	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	97	10:46
1999-00	23	CGY	NHL	40	0	2	2	1	-4	122	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	0.0	302	7:33
2000-01	24	TOT	NHL	39	1	1	2	1	-6	110	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	6.3	377	9:40
2000-01	24	CGY	NHL	23	0	0	0	0	-2	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	159	6:54
2000-01	24	TOR	NHL	16	1	1	2	1	-4	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	12.5	218	13:38
2001-02	25	TOR	NHL	63	1	3	4	1	2	142	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	47	2.1	582	9:14
2002-03	26	TOR	NHL	55	3	6	9	3	-2	196	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	33	9.1	596	10:50
2003-04	27	TOR	NHL	34	1	1	2	1	0	109	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	6.7	238	7:00
2005-06	29	TOR	NHL	55	0	3	3	1	-13	109	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	0.0	549	9:59
2006-07	30	TOR	NHL	65	0	3	3	1	-8	110	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	0.0	327	5:02
2007-08	31	TOT	NHL	47	1	0	1	1	-2	78	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	192	4:05
2007-08	31	TOR	NHL	30	1	0	1	1	-2	66	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	121	4:02
2007-08	31	FLA	NHL	17	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	71	4:09
2008-09	32	TOT	NHL	53	0	2	2	1	-1	79	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	0.0	278	5:15
2008-09	32	FLA	NHL	15	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	66	4:25
2008-09	32	NSH	NHL	38	0	2	2	1	-1	54	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	0.0	212	5:35
2009-10	33	NSH	NHL	39	0	2	2	1	0	58	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0.0	170	4:21
2010-11	34	NSH	NHL	15	0	0	0	0	-1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	57	3:47
Career			NHL	549	8	25	33	11	-38	1263	8	0	0	1	25	0	0	212	3.8	3914	7:18

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1996-97	20	COL	NHL	5	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.20	0.20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.2	0.1
1997-98	21	COL	NHL	8	0.13	0.13	0.25	0.10	3.38	0.25	1	1	2	1	2	0	5	0	-3	0.1	0.2	0.3
1998-99	22	TOT	NHL	31	0.00	0.03	0.03	0.01	3.03	0.23	0	1	1	0	6	0	5	0	1	-0.1	0.5	0.3
1998-99	22	COL	NHL	22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.23	0.23	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	-2	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
1998-99	22	CGY	NHL	9	0.00	0.11	0.11	0.03	2.56	0.22	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	3	0.0	0.4	0.4
1999-00	23	CGY	NHL	40	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.01	3.05	0.28	0	2	2	1	12	0	17	1	-4	-0.1	0.3	0.2
2000-01	24	TOT	NHL	39	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.02	2.82	0.41	1	1	2	1	11	0	18	1	-6	-0.1	0.4	0.3
2000-01	24	CGY	NHL	23	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.43	0.35	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	-2	-0.2	0.2	0.1
2000-01	24	TOR	NHL	16	0.06	0.06	0.13	0.05	1.94	0.50	1	1	2	1	7	0	12	1	-4	0.1	0.1	0.2
2001-02	25	TOR	NHL	63	0.02	0.05	0.06	0.02	2.25	0.75	1	3	4	1	21	0	20	1	2	-0.1	1.1	1.1
2002-03	26	TOR	NHL	55	0.05	0.11	0.16	0.06	3.56	0.60	3	7	10	4	24	0	27	1	-2	0.7	1.0	1.7
2003-04	27	TOR	NHL	34	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.02	3.21	0.44	1	1	2	1	9	0	10	1	0	0.1	0.4	0.5
2005-06	29	TOR	NHL	55	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.01	1.98	0.29	0	3	3	1	16	0	31	2	-13	-0.4	0.2	-0.1
2006-07	30	TOR	NHL	65	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.01	1.69	0.25	0	3	3	1	8	1	16	1	-8	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
2007-08	31	TOT	NHL	47	0.02	0.00	0.02	0.01	1.66	0.36	1	0	1	1	5	0	7	0	-2	-0.3	0.1	-0.2
2007-08	31	TOR	NHL	30	0.03	0.00	0.03	0.02	2.20	0.43	1	0	1	1	4	0	6	0	-2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
2007-08	31	FLA	NHL	17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.71	0.24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
2008-09	32	TOT	NHL	53	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.01	1.49	0.36	0	2	2	1	7	0	8	0	-1	-0.6	0.3	-0.3
2008-09	32	FLA	NHL	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.67	0.27	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
2008-09	32	NSH	NHL	38	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.01	1.42	0.39	0	2	2	1	5	0	6	0	-1	-0.4	0.2	-0.2
2009-10	33	NSH	NHL	39	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.01	1.49	0.21	0	2	2	1	4	0	4	0	0	0.0	0.4	0.4
2010-11	34	NSH	NHL	15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.20	0.27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
Career			NHL	549	0.01	0.05	0.06	0.02	2.30	0.39	8	26	34	11	125	1	170	8	-38	-1.1	5.1	4.0

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2001-02	25	TOR	NHL	16	1	0	1	1	4	18	1	0	0	0	6	16.7	120	7:28
2002-03	26	TOR	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0		17	8:22
2003-04	27	TOR	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0		40	9:59
Career			NHL	22	1	0	1	1	2	36	1	0	0	0	6	16.7	176	8:00

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1991-92	15	North Battleford North Stars	SMBHL	57	6	20	26			186
1992-93	16	North Battleford North Stars	SJHL	50	5	15	20			146
1992-93	16	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	7	0	0	0			23	0	0	0	0
1993-94	17	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	69	4	13	17			226
1994-95	18	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	72	4	14	18			290
1995-96	19	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	63	3	15	18			207
1995-96	19	Cornwall Aces	AHL	5	0	0	0		4	18	0	0	0	0
1996-97	20	Hershey Bears	AHL	65	1	7	8		-1	320	1	0	0	0
1997-98	21	Hershey Bears	AHL	11	0	0	0		-5	30	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
1998-99	22	2 Teams	AHL	29	0	3	3		5	92	0	0	0	0	18	0.0
1998-99	22	Hershey Bears	AHL	17	0	1	1		8	49	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
1998-99	22	Saint John Flames	AHL	12	0	2	2		-3	43	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
2004-05	28	Coventry Blaze	Britain	20	3	5	8			109
Career		4 Seasons	AHL	110	1	10	11		3	460	1	0	0	0	22	0.0
Career		1 Season	Britain	20	3	5	8			109
Career		1 Season	SJHL	50	5	15	20			146
Career		1 Season	SMBHL	57	6	20	26			186
Career		4 Seasons	WHL	211	11	42	53			746	0	0	0	0

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1992-93	16	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	7	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0
1993-94	17	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	16	2	2	4			43
1994-95	18	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	9	0	0	0			36	0	0	0	0
1994-95	18	Cornwall Aces	AHL	11	1	2	3			40
1995-96	19	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	4	0	0	0			9	0	0	0	0
1995-96	19	Cornwall Aces	AHL	2	0	0	0			2	0	0	0	0
1996-97	20	Hershey Bears	AHL	16	0	1	1		0	61	0	0	0	0
1998-99	22	Saint John Flames	AHL	6	0	1	1		-2	23	0	0	0	0
2004-05	28	Coventry Blaze	Britain	8	1	1	2			16
Career		4 Seasons	AHL	35	1	4	5		-2	126	0	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	Britain	8	1	1	2			16
Career		4 Seasons	WHL	36	2	2	4			88	0	0	0	0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 14 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Wade Belak		1.7	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3
Scott Nichol	73.5	1.7	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3
Todd Fedoruk	64.2	1.7	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.2
Paul DiPietro	63.2	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.0
Chris Conner	60.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1
Gilles Thibaudeau	59.4	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.2
Marc Pouliot	59.2	1.6	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.1	-0.1
Jaroslav Svejkovsky	57.6	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.3
Mike Rupp	57.0	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
Jason Krog	56.5	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0
Steve Patrick	54.8	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.1	-0.2

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Wade Belak		1.7	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3
Scott Nichol	73.5	1.7	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3
Todd Fedoruk	64.2	1.7	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.2
Paul DiPietro	63.2	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.0
Chris Conner	60.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.1
Gilles Thibaudeau	59.4	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.2
Marc Pouliot	59.2	1.6	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.1	-0.1
Jaroslav Svejkovsky	57.6	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.3
Mike Rupp	57.0	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
Jason Krog	56.5	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0
Steve Patrick	54.8	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.1	-0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Penalties in Minutes 2002-03 NHL 196 (4)

Penalties in Minutes

2002-03 NHL 196 (4)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 21, 1995: Rights transferred to Colorado after Quebec franchise relocated, June 21, 1995.

February 28, 1999: Traded to Calgary by Colorado with Rene Corbet, Robyn Regehr and Colorado's 2nd round compensatory choice (Jarret Stoll) in 2000 Entry Draft for Theoren Fleury and Chris Dingman, February 28, 1999.

February 10, 2000: Missed majority of 1999-2000 and 2000-01 due to shoulder injury vs. Colorado, February 10, 2000.

February 16, 2001: Claimed on waivers by Toronto from Calgary, February 16, 2001.

January 6, 2004: Missed majority of 2003-04 due to abdomen (November 20, 2003 vs. Edmonton) and knee (January 6, 2004 vs. Nashville) injuries.

November 8, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Coventry (Britain), November 8, 2004.

February 26, 2008: Traded to Florida by Toronto for Florida's 5th round choice (Jerome Flaake) in 2008 Entry Draft, February 26, 2008.

November 27, 2008: Traded to Nashville by Florida for Nick Tarnasky, November 27, 2008.

August 31, 2011: Passed away on August 31, 2011.

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